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[taerowyn]

Went to the CSU "Take Back the Night" rally and march last night. It was quite the experience. When one of the speaker's asked how many people had, or knew somebody who had been sexually assaulted 95-99% of the 150+ crowd raised their hands (yours truly included).

But what really got to me were all the testimonials. I mean this kind of thing is something I've always known about intellectually, but this really drove it home. And it drove home how very lucky I am that I do only know about it intellectually. But the worst, the absolute worst, was the number of times brothers and uncles and fathers entered into the stories. I just wanted to go home and give my dad a big ol' hug.

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[schwa242.livejournal.com]

Did you run into Jay/Jason and Sef? They stopped in Paris while waiting for the guy part of the rally.

When one of the speaker's asked how many people had, or knew somebody who had been sexually assaulted 95-99% of the 150+ crowd raised their hands (yours truly included).

But what really got to me were all the testimonials. I mean this kind of thing is something I've always known about intellectually, but this really drove it home. And it drove home how very lucky I am that I do only know about it intellectually. But the worst, the absolute worst, was the number of times brothers and uncles and fathers entered into the stories. I just wanted to go home and give my dad a big ol' hug.

I've known too many people who've been sexually assaulted (i.e. more than zero), anywhere from mild sexual harassment at work to rape. With as many people that have been assaulted, I worry about how many people I've known in my life that have done the assaulting that word never gets out on.

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[taerowyn.livejournal.com]

Yes we found them.

Dads

[eeyorekdm.livejournal.com]

Aren't Dad's great? In general when you hear about stuff like that it just makes you really realize what you have.